Jan Birkmyre talks about the first round of the National Series and about how getting older does not necessarily mean you have to accept you will be (much) slower…

The 2015 National Omnium Series kicked off at Herne Hill last weekend and as always the first event is a revealing meeting, because it gives the first indications of who the form riders will be and there are always some new names that appear on the start list too. 

Following the Taça de Portugal in Valongo, Seb and Hamish trucked out to Belgium for the World Marathon Series in Houffalize. 

Valongo, on the outskirts of Porto, was the second stop for the Taça de Portugal – the weekend following the British NPS in Plymouth. 

The second round of the British National XC Series moved to the South West and to the iconic venue of Newnham Park (which also hosted rounds of the World Cup in the early ‘90’s), on the outskirts of Plymouth. 

Trying to squeeze XCO races in our hectic schedule isn’t always easy; the last one – a Midlands XC – was just over a year ago. 

TORQ are proud to be fuelling the 2015 Scott Contessa Team – one of the UK’s Premier Women’s Mountain Bike Race Teams. 

TORQ-fuelled Sally Bigham reflects on a disappointing winter and looks forward to a positive form-filled 2015. 

TORQ-fuelled Sally Bigham gives us an account of her experiences at the European Marathon Champs last weekend. 

Track cyclist Jan talks about riding her first Time Trial in five years and gives a tongue in cheek look at how she deals with a poor performance…

It could be said that I have fairly lofty ambitions for this season. 

The whole team descended on Marrazes for the first round of the Taça de Portugal at the weekend. 

It had been five months since the teams last competitive outing when Seb and Hamish took to the start line in Reipertswiller, France, to test their legs and lungs for the first time in 2015. 

The 2014 season is behind us and the forthcoming year of racing is approaching. As